Avishka Fernando
81Sri Lanka · OP · 2016 to 2025 · on scorecards: WIA Fernando
BATTING
- Matches
- 51
- Innings
- 50
- Runs
- 1589
- Average
- 31.78
- Strike rate
- 88.91
- High score
- 127
- 100s / 50s
- 4 / 9
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- -
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 20 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 1
CAREER IN BRIEF
Avishka Fernando played 51 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2016 to 2025. The first came against Australia at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, with a score of 0, and the last against Australia at R Premadasa Stadium in 2025.
The most productive decade was the 2020s: 1,142 runs at 32.6 in 36 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 127 from 123 balls against West Indies at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in 2020, in a match Sri Lanka won. In all: 4 hundreds, 9 fifties.
At home the average was 38.4 across 29 ODIs; away it was 18.9 across 19 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against West Indies: 358 runs at 51.1 in 7 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 16 ODIs and 532 runs at 33.3. The scorecards record 5 player-of-the-match awards. Sri Lanka won 26 of the ODIs Avishka Fernando played and lost 21.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 51 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 123 | West Indies | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | 2020 | Won |
| 118 | 115 | South Africa | R Premadasa Stadium | 2021 | Won |
| 104 | 103 | West Indies | Riverside Ground | 2019 | Won |
| 100 | 114 | New Zealand | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 2024 | Won |
| 96 | 102 | India | R Premadasa Stadium | 2024 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 342 | 34.20 | 0/3 |
| South Africa | 8 | 237 | 29.63 | 1/0 |
| West Indies | 7 | 358 | 51.14 | 2/1 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 132 | 22.00 | 0/1 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 188 | 37.60 | 1/1 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 184 | 61.33 | 0/2 |
| England | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0/0 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0/0 |
| Australia | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0/0 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0/0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 74 | 74.00 | 0/1 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 29 | 1,075 | 38.39 | 3/7 |
| Away | 19 | 360 | 18.95 | 0/2 |
| Neutral | 3 | 154 | 51.33 | 1/0 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15 | 447 | 29.80 | 1/2 |
| 2020s | 36 | 1,142 | 32.63 | 3/7 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Premadasa Stadium | 16 | 532 | 33.25 | 1/4 |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | 9 | 266 | 33.25 | 0/2 |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0/0 |
| Riverside Ground | 2 | 134 | 67.00 | 1/0 |
| Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 2 | 100 | 50.00 | 1/0 |
| Headingley | 2 | 69 | 34.50 | 0/0 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Australia, 2016 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Australia, 2025 at R Premadasa Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 5 April 1998
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium-fast
- Balls faced (career)
- 1,787
- Ducks
- 5
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 1st
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 85.5
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 87.1
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 143.9
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 29.0
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 57.2
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 1,598 balls faced in that period.
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